Humour, which ought to give rise to only the most light-hearted and gay feelings, can often stir up vehemence and animosity. Evidently it is dearer to us than we realize. Men will take almost any kind of criticism except the observation that they have no sense of humour. A man will admit to being a coward or a liar or a thief or a poor mechanic or a bad swimmer, but tell him he has a dreadful sense of humour and you might as well have slandered his mother. Even if he is civilized enough to pretend to make light of your statement, he will still secretly believe that he has not only a good sense of humour but are superior to most. He has, in other words, a completely blind spot on the subject. This is all the more surprising when you consider that not one man in ten million can give you any kind of intelligent answer as to what humour is or why he laughs.
One day when I was about twelve years old, it occurred to me to wonder about the phenomenon of laughter. At first I thou
A. dispassionate
B. unsatisfactory
C. satisfactory
D. intelligent
某高档酒店的贵宾包厢里，酒店的合作伙伴某旅游公司的李总请客。李总点了 2瓶茅台酒，2瓶红葡萄酒，几听饮料，1条中华香烟。服务员小王听后马上去吧台取酒，拿到包厢工作台上后，小王就利索地将红酒打开，并主动地从主宾位开始斟酒。当给李总斟酒时，李总说；“等等，我点的好像不是这种酒嘛，你看怎么办？”小王慌了，说：“先生，您点的就是这种酒，不会错的。”李总看了看小王，说；“算了算了，就这个吧。” 这桌客人尤其喜欢吸烟，包厢里烟雾缭绕。服务员小王觉得站在包厢里闻着烟味不舒服，便退到了包厢外面，当有菜送来时才进去上菜。因此，包厢里的情景不堪入目：每位客人面前的骨碟都堆得满满的，有的甚至都溢出来了；烟灰缸里既有烟蒂又有吃剩的骨头；客人们在相互给对方倒酒；有位女士想点2盒酸奶，叫了几声服务员，却没有回应；桌面上空盘、空饮料瓶显得很抢眼。酒店总经理过来敬酒，看到这一幕以后觉得很没有面子，忙陪酒道歉，马上叫服务员小王整改。请问：
针对这一幕，服务员应如何整改？
Immigrants to the UK are being tested on their English skills before being able to claim income- related benefits under a new scheme. People are being asked what efforts they have made to find work before coming to Britain.
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said people should not be able to "take (1) " of British benefits. Labor supports English tests (2) says ministers are ignoring the exploitation of low-skilled migrant workers.
Job centers in England, Scotland and Wales began using the "more robust" language tests on Monday and they are being (3) to all centers. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said the test would (4) "only migrants who have a legal right to be in Britain and plan to (5) to this country can make a claim (6) benefits". "For the first time, migrants will be quizzed about what efforts they have made to find work before coming to the UK and
A. barrier
B. barrel
C. jam
D. fence
| It doesn’t matter when or how long a
person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all
doctors’ thought, until they heard about Jercy Page. Jercy Page, it was said,
never slept. Could this be true The doctors decided to see this strange man by
themselves. Jercy Page was ninety years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Jercy Page sleeping. Actually, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one. The only rest that Jercy Page got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him m A. large numbers of people do not need sleep B. a person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep C. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive D. people can live longer by trying not to sleep 我来回答: 提交
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